LOT 3473
Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 (AD 685-705).
Halab mint. Struck AH 74-80 (AD 693/4-699/700). Caliph standing facing, wearing long robes, holding pommel of sword; girdle band hanging from elbow; illegible legend around / Transformed cross standing on three steps; in left field, 'in Halab' in Kufic; in right field, 'full weight' in Kufic; around, part of the first Kalima. DOCAB -; Goodwin, Type IV; cf. SICA I, 619. Near Very Fine.(2.86gr, 20mm, 11h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired at an UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Arab-Byzantine, Umayyad Caliphate AE Fals. Time of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, AH 65-86 (AD 685-705).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Halab mint. 'Standing Caliph' type. Caliph standing facing, placing his right hand on the pommel of his sword, girdle band hanging from his right elbow; around, 'for the servant of God, Abd al-Malik, Commander of the Faithful' in Kufic / Transformed cross standing on three steps; in left field, 'full weight' in Kufic; in right field, mint halab in Kufic; around, part of the first Kalima in Kufic. DOCAB 118; Goodwin & Gyselen p. 54, 43. 4.03gr, 19mm, 11h
Near Very Fine.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Constans II, with Constantine IV, Heraclius, and Tiberius AE Follis. AD 641-668.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Constantinople mint; uncertain RY date. Uncertain officina. Constans standing facing, wearing plumed helmet and military attire, holding long cross and resting hand on hip; date to left, cross and large M to right / Crowned facing figures of Constantine, Heraclius, and Tiberius, each wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger. SB 1011. 3.68gr, 25mm, 12h
Good Very Fine. Glossy black patina; overstuck.
From a 1980s UK collection; Property of a London antiquarian. -
Constantine V Copronymus, with Leo IV and Leo III, AV Solidus. AD 741-775.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Constantinople mint; struck AD 764-773. C LЄON P A MЧL, crowned facing bust of Leo III wearing loros, holding cross potent in right hand / COҺSƮAҺƮIҺOS S LЄOҺ O ҺЄOS, crowned facing busts of Constantine V and Leo IV, each wearing chlamys; cross above. DOC 2a.1; SB 1551. 4.34gr, 19mm, 6h
Extremely Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
